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It has been reported that women are less honest men - take our lie detector test to find out the truth<p>It was reported this week that women fib more than men. Four out of five females said they lied every day compared to two out of five men, and some women said they lied up to 30 times a day.<p>The …

Within the slow-brewing crisis of antibiotic resistance—which according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention kills 23,000 Americans each year—there are a lot of failures: of health care personnel who prescribe drugs when they should not; of patients who take drugs badly and encourage …

Cheap and rapid test allows doctors to access list of every virus that has infected or continues to infect a patient, and could transform disease detection<p>Researchers have developed a cheap and rapid test that reveals a person’s full history of viral infections from a single drop of blood.<p>The test …

But thousands of years down the line, how will people be able to see old photos we've captured, or open old files we'd written — especially if the computer systems we're using now are completely obsolete by then?<p>Even if Google and Apple don't exist in the year 3015, how can we ensure our files, …

Eric Ladizinsky, cofounder of the quantum computing company D-Wave, gave a great explanation of the difference between a regular computer and a quantum computer during a talk at the WIRED 2014 conference in London.<p>Imagine you only have five minutes to find an "X" written on a page of a book in the …

He told AFP that the earlier ruling was thrown out because the court that issued it was not "competent" to make such verdicts.<p>Egyptian authorities have accused Hamas of backing jihadists who have carried out deadly attacks on security forces in the Sinai Peninsula that borders the Hamas-ruled Gaza …

Four Americans are being held by Shiite Houthi rebels in Yemen who toppled the U.S.-backed government earlier this year, a senior defense official confirmed Sunday.<p>The official who confirmed that the Americans were being held did not have any more information, but the department released a …

Years ago, I served on a jury that had trouble making up its mind. After we sent the judge one too many questions, he brought us back into the courtroom to impress upon us a distinction. There are questions of law and there are questions of fact, he said. It wasn't up to us to decide what was …

Intelligience sources say a covert campaign to attack nuclear weapons programme was stymied by North Korea’s isolated communications systems<p>The US tried to deploy a version of the Stuxnet computer virus to attack North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme five years ago but ultimately failed, …

SINGAPORE (AP) — China's land reclamation in the South China Sea is out of step with international rules, and turning underwater land into airfields won't expand its sovereignty, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told an international security conference Saturday, stepping up America's condemnation of …

An activist has made it so in France. Could he take his campaign global?<p>In 2010, U.S. supermarkets and grocery stores threw out 43 billion pounds, or $46.7 billion worth, of food, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). But if Arash Derambarsh had his way, that number would be zero. …

Obesity will soon overtake smoking as the principal cause of cancer, warn specialists<p>A middle-aged cancer epidemic is being blamed on Britain’s poor diet and overly generous portions.<p>Leading specialists convened on Friday to issue a stark warning that obesity will soon overtake smoking as the …

In the early morning of May 9, 2008, the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah dispatched hundreds of heavily armed fighters to Beirut, and within twelve hours it had altered Lebanon’s political balance. Hezbollah and its allies quickly routed Sunni militiamen, took control of their political offices, …

Earlier, I argued that if you believe drug kingpins should get harsh sentences, then computer and bitcoin guy Ross Ulbricht deserves a harsh sentence. (I should clarify that my definition of a harsh sentence is, like, any time spent in prison. Life in prison is unconscionable.)<p>Bloomberg View's Matt …

<b>Washington (CNN) —</b> An ISIS fighter who calls for jihad in a new online video was trained in counterterrorism tactics on American soil, in a program run by the United States, officials tell CNN.<p>The video features a former police commander from Tajikistan named Col. Gulmurod Khalimov. He appears in …

"Silk Road was about creating demand and fulfilling demand," the judge told Ulbricht at the sentencing. "You don't fit the criminal profile … but you are a criminal."<p>If you believe the world's drug kingpins should rot in prison, you should believe the same about Ulbricht.<p>I should clarify that I do …

We're all going to die and we all know it. This can be both a burden and a blessing.<p>In the heart of every parent lives the tightly coiled nightmare that his child will die. It might spring at logical times—when a toddler runs into the street, say—or it might sneak up in quieter moments. The fear is …

Now, the phenomenon of "Fury Road" is taking one of the biggest websites in the world by storm.<p>For those who have seen the movie, you might recall the War Boys, one of the many warring tribes of this post-apocalyptic world and main antagonists to Max (Tom Hardy) and Furiosa (Charlize Theron). In …

Elon Musk compared AI to "summoning the demon."<p>Bill Gates told Reddit that he agrees with Musk and he doesn't "understand why some people are not concerned."<p>What are they so frightened of?<p>Well, Stephen Hawking told the BBC that AI could — theoretically — end humanity.<p>Here's how that would …

India is home to the world’s largest population of illiterates. And part of the blame, according to a new study, may lie in the country’s preference for sons over daughters.<p>Despite education being offered as a fundamental right, more than 40% of India’s children drop out of elementary school—and …

Human traffickers ferrying thousands of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar are refusing to let some of those on board return home unless ransoms are paid.<p>Myanmar says it is not responsible for them and that the region as a whole is failing to prevent the practice.<p>Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have …

In his online comment on the article, Hough opined that Asian-Americans were more successful than African-Americans because "they didn't feel sorry for themselves, but worked doubly hard."<p>Thanks to the internet, these comments gave him instant notoriety. But it's not the first time he's attacked …

<b>1.</b> Islamic State fighters on Wednesday stormed the strategic Syrian city of Palmyra, which is home to spectacular ancient ruins.<p><b>2.</b> Five of the world's largest banks — Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays, RBS, and UBS — will pay a combined $5.8 billion (£3.7 billion) related to manipulating foreign …

But it usually makes for an experience that exposes you to something new and leaves an impression for years after.<p>I was lucky enough to live in Zurich, Switzerland, for five years when I was younger. Because of its central location in Europe, Zurich made it easy to explore the rest of the continent.<p>…

Unlike cattle, which require many leisurely months on pasture, chickens and pigs can be stuffed with feed and turned into meat in short order.<p>Unsurprisingly, then, the agricultural methods developed for one also worked well for the other.<p>In the 1950s and 1960s, American farmers started raising hogs …